This is a practice list for the second interschool spelling bee to be held Thursday, January 25, 2018. All of the words will come from 2018 Spell It! The first 180 words in the spelling bee will come from this list. When this list has been used up or when five spellers remain in the contest, whichever comes first, a new list of 50 championship words will be used. 20 of the words in the championship round will come from the Scripps 2018 grade-specific word list, 5th through 8th grades.The remaining words could be any words found in Merriam-Webster Unabridged (on line).